Our School

Our Purpose

We have many layers and facets to our purpose. All are meaningful, and when I have more time I will elaborate on the blog. For now, the most important purpose is to connect you to A.E.Q. energy and teach you how to value, manage, and Reset it and direct it.  People are incredible when they have an abundance of A.E.Q. energy.  We are happy, healthy, insightful, funny, patient, tolerant, generous, forgiving, creative, noble, everything great. When we are low energy, we get demanding, needy, mean and morph into vicious slugs. When our A.E.Q. is low, our adaptability is lower. We demand life fits our needs and the threat of harm is high.  Conversely, when our A.E.Q. is high, we are generous, helpful, kind. We are naturally more adaptable, giving, and kind we are safer. 

This is a critical pattern to bring to your attention. We want to impart a relevance and meaning to energy and getting you working with it so you can evolve beyond the current limits and create new opportunities. Revealing the patterns of A.E.Q energy, how the body gathers, manifests and directs energy, and how to keep people safer and saner during challenging times.

Our purpose is:

  1. To continue the cultural and martial legacy of Grand Master Wang Tian Min and the lineage of of the Shen Shing School of Chinese Martial Arts. Please explore Master Tian's YouTube channel for yourself.
  2. To bring awareness to the energy crises we  collectively face and to train and master managing our A.E.Q. Energy in order to gain Energy Independence and evolve into Energy Activists. 
Huo Shan Wu Guan Banner and Master Tian's banner
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Ed Durso

Shifu

Founder of the Fire Mountain School in Nyack, NY, Shifu Edmund D’Urso specializes in Resilient Energy Management and Chinese Martial Arts. He is the engineer of Resilient Stress Management, an innovative system for nurturing extraordinary health, adaptability, and resilience fitness through Energy Independence. A former family therapist and addiction specialist, Shifu Ed brings over 15 years of field experience in the exploration of human behavior and personality theory. He has built the Resilient Stress Management System to empower people with the awareness and skills they need to master Energy Independence. manages the energy that drives human nature and behavior. 

 Currently, he is working in partnership with Pratt Institute and Strategies for Planned Change develop customizable professional development programs that empower people and organizations with the knowledge and skills they to successfully navigate stress with less damage and greater efficiency in realizing the success they seek.

Shifu Ed has over two decades of experience as a mixed Chinese martial arts teacher and has founded The Fire Mountain School to empower children and adults to face life with inspired energy, resilience, and courage.  Over the past 25 years, he has earned his 3rd degree black belt studying Yang Style Tai Chi Chuan. 

He continues his studies of the Chinese martial arts of Wu Chan Tai Chi and Shen Shing Wu Chan Kung Fu, as a Master Student of Grand Master Shifu Wang Tian Min. Under Shifu Wang's guidance and direction, he has successfully translated many of the complex and ancient traditions of culture and power skills  into a framework that is accessible to extraordinary people seeking extraordinary power. As a Black Sash, , Shifu Ed is the highest ranked student in the United States in Master Tian's Lineage and continues to train and teach daily.

Recently, Shifu Ed has had the honor of expanding his study of Chinese culture and power, under Sifu Lin Guangliang and NY Lotus Light Association, to include traditional Chinese Lion Dance and Xiong Sheng Choy Lee Fut Gong Fu . 

Grand Master Shifu Wang Tian Min and Shifu Ed Durso

OUR STUDENTS

Our students are extraordinary.  Ranging in age from 6 years old to 70 and beyond, our students come together as allies from diverse backgrounds to form a respectful and encouraging fellowship in order to master energy and grow. Never content with the status quo, they dedicate vast amounts of time and energy to exploring beyond their current limits in an effort to master higher levels of energy, power, and Chinese Martial Arts.  

Our Students with new friends at the 2nd annual Dragon and Lion Festival in Brooklyn, NY Famen Shen Shing

Our students with honored friends at the 2nd annual Dragon and Lion Festival in Brooklyn, NY